Born in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Washington Gordon II
and Eleanor Lytle (Kinzie) Gordon
Sister of
Eleanor Kinzie (Gordon) Parker, Sarah Alice Gordon, William Washington Gordon, Mabel McLane (Gordon) Leigh and George Arthur Gordon
Wife of
William Mackey Low
— married
21 Dec 1886 (to about Jun 1905) in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Died
at age 66
in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
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| Created 17 Jan 2016
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Biography
Juliette (Gordon) Low is Notable.
Juliette Gordon Low (October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927) was the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA.
Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon was born on October 31, 1860, in Savannah, Georgia. She was named after her grandmother, Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie, and nicknamed Daisy (a common nickname at the time) by her uncle. She was the second of six children born to William "Willie" Washington Gordon II, a cotton broker with the firm Tison & Gordon[3] (later renamed to W. W. Gordon & Company), and Eleanor "Nellie" Lytle Kinzie, a writer whose family played a role in the founding of Chicago. Six months after her birth, her father joined the Confederate States Army to fight in the American Civil War.
She married William Mackay Low in Savannah on her parents' wedding anniversary, December 21, 1886. William Low died from a seizure in June 1905, before the divorce was finalized.
Juliette (Gordon) Low developed breast cancer in 1923, but kept it a secret. Juliette (Gordon) Low died in Savannah on January 17, 1927. She was buried in her Girl Scout uniform, at Laurel Grove Cemetery.
- 1948: US Postal Service issues a 3¢ stamp in her honor.
- 1979: Posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
- 2012: Posthmously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Juliette Gordon Low
- Marjorie Kehe, "That 'Crazy Daisy' who started the Girl Scouts," Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 2012.
- Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 April 2021), memorial page for Juliette Low (31 Oct 1860–17 Jan 1927), Find A Grave: Memorial #5109, citing Laurel Grove Cemetery North, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave.
- http://forgirls.girlscouts.org/juliettes-presidential-medal-of-freedom/
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